The child from Outnumbered?

[ruebenjames]

Have just had a very (for her anyway) insightful conversation with my 6yr old daughter.

We discussed Micheal Jacksons death and how it will be dealt with through the courts as his Dr is being accused of mureder and why the doctor faces this charge. Which led to how judges work and what a jury is. It then went onto how did Freddie Mercury die? (That one almost stumped me).

I just wondered what sort of entertaining conversations other people have with their children that make them wonder how that child really is?

I love that show,makes me feel normal.

We have a very similar family 2 boys and 1 girl. My daughter IS Karen. The clip of the mum's kids scuffling outside the door on a school morning whilst the perfect kids from next door sweetly trot down the street is the scene in our road pretty much every day.

I love outnumbered! The perfect family living next door is just genius.

I bought the DVDs for DH so he could understand that our family NOT so different to all others infact

It's a genius programme, as we were having the conversation it was like looking at Karen. Kids are too funny sometimes.

The wedding one was good had an exactly the same conversation with my dd5 as happened in the show re her being a bridesmaid -"But it's my special day mummy not Aunty 's (the bride)" stamps foot

Oh and particularly enjoyed the one when nightmare son is carried out of the shop shouting "stranger,stranger".

My son has a habit of saying v loudly " But you never give me any food to eat(I do,he's picky by food he means junk),you didn't give me breakfast (soooooo did he just left most of it), I can feel my bones(so can't).

When he's learnt stranger danger it's only a matter of time before-"stanger,stranger"

That's what I like, a proper little princess!
It makes you wonder what they'll be like when they reach the teens

I asked DD2 what she had been doing in playgroup when I picked her up the other morning and she told me 'I'll tell you when we get home mummy' so I asked what she'd had for snack and got 'I Told you already mummy, when we get home' and rolled her eyes at me

she's 3

I'm in deep shite when she's a teenager reubenjames, deep indeed and whilst DH and I enjoy outnumbered I won't be letting any of the kids watch it so they don't get any more ideas

Completely agree with you there Dixie. To let my dd watch that would be like giving he a licence to be as smart as she likes with me having no come back. And I can't even do the raised eyebrow Hugh Dennis does, lol.

My DDs grandma thinks she is a ringer for her. At under 2 we had problems with clothes and I tried the 'This is what you're wearing today' Answer: No! then the 'Would you like to wear this or this?' Answer 'Neither!' What do you mean neither, you're not even supposed to know that word yet, are you? So I moved all her clothes down a shelf and she dressed herself from that moment onwards. Did result in some very interesting outfits!

Not much older, maybe 3 or 4, she was playing with herself at the breakfast table directly opposite GF who got an eyeful! When I remonstrated with her (she already knew the difference between private/public behaviour) she insisted she was just brushing the crumbs away. Yeah, right, as she'd now say (now 9).

I am renound for the raised eyebrow unfortunately have noticed that DDs are also showing traits [meep]

Lol Secrets, DD still comes up with those interesting outfits at the age of 6, and she is far better at the exasperated face than I am! This doesn't seem right or fair as it's ME who is the mum round here not her!

just keep practising when they're not looking

Can't watch it. Too much of a documentary for my liking...

Oh yeh, can just imagine the look or comment I'd get if she caught me!